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MATTER OF THOMAS B. v. LYDIA D.

No. 800, No. 801, No. 802, No. 803, No. 804

69 A.D.3d 24 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 6789

886 N.Y.S.2d 22

In the Matter of THOMAS B., Respondent, v. LYDIA D., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Edelman, New York City, for appellant.

Thomas B., Sag Harbor, respondent pro se.

SAXE, J.P., MOSKOWITZ, ACOSTA and RICHTER, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SWEENY, J.

The issue presented is whether, by written agreement, two parents may terminate the child support obligation because of the child's full-time employment without a simultaneous showing of the economic independence of the child. We hold they may not.

Pursuant to a stipulation of settlement entered into as part of the parties' judgment of divorce, petitioner father was obligated to pay annual child support until the parties...

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